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Sequoyah's 'Think Pink' Game Rescheduled For February 13
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 2/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...release: Due to the recent ice storm, Sequoyah Schools "Think Pink" basketball game...February 13 at 6:30 p.m. Every year, Sequoyah participates in a nation-wide breast...great turn out," said Gina Stanley, Sequoyah Schools superintendent. "We already...
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SEQUOYAH'S CABIN TO BECOME OKLAHOMA LITERARY LANDMARK
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...is helping an Oklahoma organization add Sequoyah's home to the National Literary Landmark...to help celebrate the contributions of Sequoyah to Cherokee and Oklahoma culture and make his Sequoyah County cabin the sixth Oklahoma Literary...
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Sequoyah Alumni Plans Reunion, Seeks Classmates
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 4/23/2008; 641 words
; ...issued the following news release: The Sequoyah Alumni Association is planning their...that we knew," said Roberta Gibson, Sequoyah Alumni Association secretary. "It...by the annual business meeting in the Sequoyah Schools' academic building. Saturday...
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SEQUOYAH BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM WINS NINTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/27/2006; 584 words
; ...issued the following news release: The Sequoyah School (SHS) boys' cross-country...is becoming somewhat of a tradition at Sequoyah. This state title is the ninth one for...almost perfect," said Sam Horsechief, Sequoyah cross-country coach who has been with...
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Sequoyah Invites Basketball Fans To 'Think Pink,' January 31
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 1/7/2009; 624 words
; ...issued the following news release: Sequoyah Schools will once again participate in...Saturday, January 31 at 4 p.m. at Sequoyah Schools' The Place Where They Play...of $1,000," said Gina Stanley, Sequoyah Schools' superintendent. "It's a...
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Sequoyah's talking leaves.
Magazine article from: Appleseeds; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...job for one person. But a Cherokee Indian named Sequoyah did it. Sequoyah was born around 1780 in what is now Tennessee...lost much of their land to white settlers. When Sequoyah tried to understand why, he decided that the power...
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Sequoyah Quarterback Selected For All-American Bowl
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 10/26/2007; 700+ words
; ...Nathan Stanley, senior quarterback for Sequoyah Schools has been selected to play in...Miami, Florida. Stanley is the first Sequoyah football player ever to be chosen as...Brent Scott, head football coach at Sequoyah. "Our team has come together well and...
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Sequoyah Schools Recognized By Gates Millennium Scholars Program
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 2/27/2009; 660 words
; ...issued the following news release: Sequoyah Schools has received special recognition...college preparation practices. In 2008, Sequoyah had the second highest number of Gates...had this many Gates Scholars come from Sequoyah," said Gina Stanley, Sequoyah Schools...
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Sequoyah Basketball Star Signs To Play With Kansas University
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 11/15/2007; 508 words
; ...issued the following news release: Sequoyah Senior Angel Goodrich made her verbal...amp;M. While playing basketball at Sequoyah, Goodrich has led the team to three...here." Goodrich and the rest of the Sequoyah basketball teams will open up their season...
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Sequoyah Students Serve as Legislative Pages, Earn 'Page of the Week'
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 4/13/2007; 543 words
; ...Field and Caleb Whitekiller, seniors at Sequoyah Schools, recently served as legislative...in a row," said Gerald Livingston, Sequoyah social studies teacher who helps arrange the page program at Sequoyah. "That says a lot about the type of...
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Sequoyah
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Sequoyah c. 1770-1843 Sequoyah, a Cherokee also known as George Guess, Guest, or Gist, developed a Cherokee syllabary that brought literacy to his people. Sequoyah ’ s mother was Cherokee and a member of the Paint clan...
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Sequoyah, Proposed State of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
SEQUOYAH, PROPOSED STATE OF SEQUOYAH, PROPOSED STATE OF. In April 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt...reneging on its treaty. Instead, they proposed a separate state of Sequoyah. The leaders of the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Seminoles...
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Cherokee Language
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...languages, the singular achievement of Sequoyah, an illiterate, monolingual Cherokee...to communicate by "talking leaves," Sequoyah in the early nineteenth century set about...independence of the underlying system. What Sequoyah brought forth for his people was a syllabary...
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Indian Territory
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...union and led a constitutional convention to create a state of Sequoyah from the land known as Indian Territory. Congress ignored...See also Indian Policy, U.S., 1830 – 1900 ; Sequoyah, Proposed State of ; and vol. 9: Fort Laramie Treaty of...
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Cherokee
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...their territory led a large number of Cherokee to migrate west between 1817 and 1819. In 1821, after many years of effort, Sequoyah, a mixed-blood Cherokee, developed a Cherokee syllabary, which had the Important result of extending literacy throughout...
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